ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THE AeOLESCENT GIRLS AND ITS RELATION TO SOCIOECONOMIC CoNDITION IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE, EGYPT | ||
| Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences | ||
| Article 3, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2003, Pages 6795-6812 PDF (1.48 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jfds.2003.246297 | ||
| Author | ||
| Seham A. Farrag, | ||
| Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education, Asslut Univ., Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main objective of this study is to evaluate the nutrient status of the adolescent girls and its relalion 10 socioeconomic condition in Assiut governorate. The study included 50 girls with different families income. I This study revealed that percentage of girls severely overwei~ht, overweight, acceplable weight and under weight were 2%, 22%, 66% and 10%, respectively. Ninety per cent of these girls had less than recommended daily allow~nces (RDA) of calories, while only 10% had the RDA or more of calories. The study revealed that 70% of the fifty girls failed to gain their recommended amounts of proteins, while 30% took the recommendation. On the other hand, 88% failed to fulfill the recommended amount of carbohydrate, whereeas 12% of them had the recommended amount or even more. Girls took more than recommended amount of fibers were 2%, and those who took less than recommendation were 98%. The percentage of girls took less than the RDA of "8,', "S2° and 'Co were 94,90 and 86%, respectively, while those who took more than the recommendation were 6%,10% and 14%, respectively. The results Showed that girls took less than the recommended amount of Ca, Iron and Vitamin "D" were 100%, 72% and 86%, respectively, and those too~ more than the recommendation were zero %, 28% and 14%, respectively. Most of t1e girls families had low income and big family size, and this was reflected passively 0 their nutrition stalus. | ||
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